
adj.
- Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors: an iridescent oil slick; iridescent plumage.
- Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful in effect or appearance: "The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room" (Carson McCullers).
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iridescent |
| irascible, iodine, inward, inwards | |
| iron curtain, iron out, ironic, ironical, ironically |
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They walked along the beach admiring the iridescent abalone shells.
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Iridescent |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - iriserende, farvespillende, med regnbueglans
Nederlands (Dutch)
stralend, van kleur veranderend met beweging
Français (French)
adj. - chatoiement
Deutsch (German)
adj. - schillernd
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ιριδίζων
Italiano (Italian)
iridescente
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - iridescente
Русский (Russian)
радужный, переливающийся
Español (Spanish)
adj. - iridiscente, irisado
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - regnbågsskimrande, iriserande
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
彩虹色的, 闪光的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 彩虹色的, 閃光的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무지개 빛깔의, 진주빛의
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 玉虫色の, 虹色に輝く
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) متقزح اللون
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ססגוני, רב-צבעים
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